Dr Oliver Bates

Research Fellow

Research Overview

?I am a design researcher, game designer, coder, and data scientist. I find passion for tech adjacent research entangled in sustainability, rethinking the world of work, communities, systemic design, alternative futures, speculation, fun, talking to people, and creativity.

My research practice centres:

1) games design and creative methods for exploring system complexity

2) designing carbon-aware, sustainable, and just futures with communities

3) alternative and creative approaches for evaluating sustainability, systems and services

4) facilitating different conversations

Topics of interest: energy demand reduction; sustainable last mile logistics; games; carbon accounting; fair and just gig economy work; alternative futures; co-operatives


12/07/2021 → 22/10/2021
Research


01/05/2021 → 30/11/2022
Research


01/09/2019 → 31/07/2020
Research


01/04/2019 → 09/09/2021
Other


Invited talk


Participation in workshop, seminar, course


Membership of committee


Membership of committee


Oral presentation

  • DSI - Environment
  • Energy Lancaster
  • Network and Systems
  • Pentland Centre
  • Security Lancaster
  • Security Lancaster (Behavioural Science)
  • Security Lancaster (Societal Threats)
  • Security Lancaster (Systems Security)